| NOUN | animal | Fenusa pusilla, birch leaf miner | small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States |
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| Meaning | small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation. | |
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| Synonym | birch leaf miner | |
| Broader | sawfly | insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant |
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